Manure and dirt loader.



L. 0. PETERSON. mmmz: AND DIRT LOADEB.

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Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

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Specification oil letters Patent, 1

Patented April 20, lace.

Application filed. December 19, 1908s Serial No. 468,303.

To all whom it mayconcem:

Be it known that 1, Luis O. Pn'rnnson, a

citizen of the United; States, residing at Osage City, in the county of Osage and State of Kansas,have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manure and Dirt Loaders, of which the following is a specification. r This invention relates to the class of loading and unloading apparatus, and has particular reference to a device of the hoisting and dumping species, designed for loading various kinds of materialsfrom the .ground and depositing the same upon a'cart, wagon, railway car, or the like. i

The invention consistsofcer tain specific novel features of construction, whereby the machine is adapted for, ease of opera'tionan'd general utility, and will behereinafter fully describedaand claimed andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, jnfwhich Figure 1 is aside elevation of the improvement shown as mounted 'upontruck wheels for transportation, some ofthe parts,fhowever, being shown as-infa lowered position; Fig. 2, is a plan view of the device, in the position for operation; Fig, 3 is a front elevation of the device, the hoisting platform being shown in elevated position; Fig. '4 isa detail to be hereinafterdescribed, and Fig. 5 is a cross section of the same Fig. 4. I i

Throughout the following detail description and on the several figures of the drawings similar parts are'referred to bylike reference characters.

This invention comprises a suitable frame 10 of generally triangular form in side view, consisting of a base member 11, a-vertical member 12, and an inclined member 13-, said members being duplicated onboth sides of the device. 4 mounted upon suitable truck wheels 14 and 15 when it is desired to transport themachine from one-location -to' another. :The.

front wheels 14 are connectedtoa bolster or axle 16 to which is connected any suitable form of draft apparatus 17,'said axle and wheels being removable when the machine is tensions 26 are pulleys 27.

The frame10 is designed to-be tia'lly level when in its lowered position, is pivotally connected to the frame 10 at 19,

: and is intended to be hoisted along the upper edges of the inclined members 13 of the frame. As a convenient means for such pivotal' connection there are employed pairs of telescopic arms, each pair comprising a tubular section 21 rigidly connected to the platform 18 and a section'22 of any suitable construction, pivotally connected at 19 and having slidable engagement in the member 2'1.

The platform 18 is mounted on anti-friction rollers 23, journaled on a cross bar 24 having permanent connection to the "tubular vmembers 21. As a convenient means for such connection there are shown clamps 25, having clamping means on one side whereby the same may be securely clamped to the members 21, and on the other side having perforated extensions 26 through and beyond which said bar 24 extends. On the ends of said bar 24 and on the outer sides of the ex- The said rollers '23 travel along the upper faces of the members 13 of the frame during the hoisting operation. Any suitable power devices may be attached to the platform to hoist the same. Ihave shown as a preferred embodiment of suchmeans a pair of draft ropes 28 secured permanently at 29 at the upper end of the frame, thence they extend down and around the pulleys 27, thence upwardly over guide pulleys 30 'andthence in any suitable direction to other guide pulleys 31 to a suitable source of power such as indicated by a Whiflietree 32, to which a team of horses may be applied. 1

At eachend of the platform 18 is a skid 33, .Wherebya team may bedriven across the same laterally from one side of the machine to the other forthe purpose of drawingtherehinged'member 34 is supported anti-frictionally upon the rails 13 by rollers 34. The

hopper 35 is designed to hold a considerable quantity of material, for instance as much as Wouldbe hoisted on the platform during a number of operations thereof, and from which hopper the material may be deposited upon a cart, wagon, or the like. .The hopper is supported upon a frame-work 36' having pivotal connection at87 to the main frame,

' and having supports '38 near its'lower end,

' portion of the frame.

whereby the same is supported atithe lower The frame members 36 extend downwardly sufiiciently to constitute supports for the door,,hereinaf ter described, whenthe latter is open to direct material to the place of deposit. Said supports;38are preferablyprovided with adjustable connections for the frame 36 in order to .vary the inclination of the bottom of the hopper-35, according. to the condition. of the material being operated upon. The hopper is provided with ahinged door 39,. the hinge being at the lower edge of the hopper. Said door is normally held closed by a pair'of hooks 40 pivoted to the hopper ends atv ll and'adapted to be trippedsimultaneously bya hand-operated rock shaft a2 extending across the machine beneath'the floor of the hopper. The door'39 has flexible connection with theplatform 18, such connectionbeing represented by a pair of chains 43.guided over pulleys Mat the upper end of the structure and havinga pair of springs 45 constituting the immediate connection of said chains to the crossbar 24, heretofore described as' being connected to the platform. The springs 45 are connected to the extreme ends of. the bar 24 by. a pairof eyelets 46. After the hopper has been dumped, the door thereof will be closed automaticallyv by said connections between the platform and door .upon the next movement of the. platform to its lowest position, the springs serving to cushion the operation of the devices. The members 21 of the platformarms are-spaced fromthe truck "members 13 of the frame .by wear rails. 47. During the hoistingoperation the members 21 telescope upon the members 22 of said arms in accordance with the position the anti-friction rollers'23 occupy with respect to the pivots 19. It will be noticed furthermore that the platformzlS and. the members; 2L connected thereto may readily be removed fromthe machine for the purpose of-examinationor repair of the framework-or the like, if desired, by simply detaching the ropes. 28 and chains 43.

- Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

1.. Ina device of the character-set forth, the combination of a frame having'a pair of inclinedmembers, azplatform movable along said. members, a pair .of telescopic arms pivoted to the .frame and connected to said platform, power means to elevate said platform, a hopper at the upper portionofthe frame, and a member pivoted to said platform to direct the material carried thereon over the top of the machine intosaid hopper.

.2. In. a device of the character set forth, the combination of a frame, a platform movable along said frame, a pair of telescopic arms connected to said platform and pivoted to: the: frame, amember pivoted to the rear edge of the platform and having anti-friction rollers to cooperatewith the, frame during the hoisting operation of the platform,.a hopper supported by the frame, and means to lift the platform. to'the. top of the machine, whereupon the material carried thereupon will be guided by said; pivoted. member into the hopper.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a frame including a pair of inclined rails, a platform movable along said rails, a pair of arms pivotally connecting said platform to the frame, a hopper adjacent to the upper portion of the frame, said. hopper having a movable door, means to hold said door normally closed, and flexible connections between said door and the platform, wherebywheirthe platform is lowered the door will be closed.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination. of a frame, a platform movable along said frame, a pair of arms connected to the platformand pivoted to said frame, a member hinged to the rear edge of the plat form and movable along said frame to retain material on the platform during the hoisting thereof, power means tolift the frame, a hopper into which the material is directed from the platform by said. pivoted member when the. platform is elevated, said hopper. having a hinged-door, a pair of hooks operable simultaneously to engage said door to hold it closed, and flexible connections between the .door and the platform whereby the door'will .be closed when the platform-islowered, said connections including a pair of cushioning springs.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination with a frame and, hoisting means operable thereover, of a hopper pivotally secured at one portion to said frame and adjustably supported at another portion to the lower portion of the frame, said hopper including a door pivoted at the lower edge of the hopper to drop downwardly to direct the materialdumped into a place of deposit, and means to hold the door closed, said means including a pair of hooks pivoted at opposite ends of the hopper, and a hand operated bell crank cooperating with said hooks.

. 6. In a machine forhoisting and dumping, the combination of a; frame including-a pair of inclined members,..a platform, a pair of arms pivoted to the frame and connected to bar for cooperation with said inclined memsaid platform, power means for hoisting the bers of theframe. 20 platform, said means including a pair of In testimony whereof I afiix my signature ropes, a pair of rollers over which said ropes in presence of two Witnesses.

operate, a cross bar, and means for securing p 7 LABS C. PETERSON.

said cross bar to said arms, said rollers being Witnesses:

journaled on said cross bar, and a pair of E. NETTLEBLADE,

anti-friction rollers, journaled on the cross 7 a 'V. L. JOHNSON. 

